Lapworth
Lapworth station platforms.
General information
Location	Lapworth,Warwick District England
Coordinates	52°20′31″N1°43′33″W / 52.3420°N 1.7257°W /52.3420; -1.7257
Grid reference	SP187716
Managed by	Chiltern Railways
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LPW
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1854	Opened asKingswood
1 May 1902	RenamedLapworth
Passengers
2019/20	84,716
2020/21	20,520
2021/22	51,444
2022/23	77,008
2023/24	92,736
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Lapworth railway station serves the village ofKingswood, Warwickshire, near the village ofLapworth from which it takes its name.

The station has two platforms connected by a footbridge.Chiltern Railways, who manage the station, provide services on itsLondon/Leamington/Birmingham/Stourbridge route.West Midlands Trains also serve the station, with trains toWorcester, via Kidderminster and Birmingham, andto Stratford using theSnow Hill lines.

The station was opened by theGreat Western Railway in 1854.^[1] It was known as Kingswood until 1 May 1902 when the name was changed to Lapworth^[2] to avoid confusion withthe station of the same name inSurrey. From 1894, Lapworth was the starting point of a short lived branch line toHenley-in-Arden. The branch was closed as an economy measure during the First World War in 1915 to passengers^[3] and to freight in 1917,^[4] it never reopened afterWW 1.^[5]

A footbridge spans the remaining two tracks, and continues to the west of the northbound platform spanning where quadruple tracks once existed. For a brief period prior to the lifting of the quadruple tracks there was a DMU service along what had been the GWR's Paddington - Birkenhead main line. It plied betweenWellington (Shropshire) and Lapworth stopping at all the intermediate stations and linking them withWolverhampton Low Level andBirmingham Snow Hill.

The goods sidings and 2 of the 4 platforms were removed in the 1960s and 1970s respectively due to falling usage.^[6]

The station is unstaffed; ticketing is restricted to a 'Permit-to-Travel' machine located at the main entrance to the station (off Station Lane) at the north end of the London-bound (southbound) platform. The station can also be accessed via a footpath from Mill Lane.

• On 30 November 1948,locomotive 4150 was running round its train when it was in collision with a passenger train hauled by5022Wigmore Castle, which hadoverrun signals.^[7] Eight passengers were injured.^[8]

On weekdays, the station is served by bothChiltern Railways andWest Midlands Trains.

The typical service pattern is as follows:

West Midlands Railway:

• 1 train per hour toWorcester Foregate Street viaBirmingham Snow Hill.

Some West Midlands Railway services run instead toLeamington Spa or towardsWorcester Shrub Hill.

• 1 train per hour toStratford-upon-Avon.

Most services on this route run non-stop toStratford Parkway, although some peak time services call additionally atClaverdon andBearley.^[9]

Chiltern Railways:

• 1 train per 2 hours toLeamington Spa
• 1 train per 2 hours toBirmingham Moor Street.

Some Chiltern Railways services to/fromLondon Marylebone call at Lapworth, as of December 2023 there are two northbound and one southbound such services, all in the evening.

On Saturdays, the station is served by both Chiltern Railways and West Midlands Trains.

The typical service pattern is as follows:

West Midlands Railway:

• 1 train per hour toWorcester Foregate Street viaBirmingham Snow Hill.
• 1 train per hour toStratford-upon-Avon.

Chiltern Railways:

• 7 trains per day toBirmingham Moor Street
• 1 train per 3 hours toLondon Marylebone

On Sundays, only Chiltern Railways serves the station.

The typical service pattern is as follows:

• 1 train per 2 hours toBirmingham Moor Street.
• 1 train per 2 hours toLondon Marylebone.^[10]

There is noWest Midlands Railway service on Sundays.

Wikimedia Commons has media related toLapworth railway station.

• Train times andstation information for Lapworth railway station fromNational Rail
• Historical photographs of Lapworth station at warwickshirerailways.com
• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Lapworth station

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Dorridge		West Midlands Railway Worcester-Kidderminster-Birmingham-Solihull-Stratford		Claverdon orStratford-upon-Avon Parkway
Dorridge		West Midlands Railway Worcester-Kidderminster-Birmingham-Leamington Spa Limited Service		Hatton
		Chiltern Railways London-Leamington-Birmingham
	Disused railways
Terminus		Great Western Railway Birmingham and Henley in Arden Railway		Henley-in-Arden Line closed, station open

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